· 9/7/2011
United States v. Alvarado-Tizoc
Citations
- 656 F.3d 740
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18604
- 2011 WL 3904083
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that \[f]entanyl is more dangerous because it's stronger-gram for gram\ than heroin, and, thus, the United States Sentencing Guidelines \treat the sale of fentanyl more harshly than the sale of heroin\
- “[F]or sentencing purposes the only knowledge required is knowledge that the substance that the defendants are selling . . . is a controlled substance.”
- “The government’s evidence was not strong, but it didn’t have to be, as there was nothing on the other side but the defendant’s say‐so … .”
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Judges: Cudahy, Posner, Manion
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